Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,780
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$8,291
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,581
Wisconsin costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wisconsin — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$46,070
Kept after tax
$37,780
Worth in national money
$40,581
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wisconsin is 17 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $46,070. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Wisconsin this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 377. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,070 you keep $37,780 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,581 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,430, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wisconsin ranks 17 of 50 for interviewers, except eligibility and loan at $46,070. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Wisconsin reports, interviewers, except eligibility and loan ranks 377 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Wisconsin is $37,780 after the full tax stack, from $46,070. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,581 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,430 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,420 |
| This salary | $46,070 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Wisconsin | $37,780 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,197 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$244 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $44,306 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$295 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,070 as a midpoint for Wisconsin, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,600 and the ninetieth is $59,420 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,780 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $46,070. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 377 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,581 uses one figure for the whole of Wisconsin. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 377.
- The Wisconsin median of $46,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,600 to $59,420. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $37,780, from $46,070, assumes a single Wisconsin filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 377 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,581, worked from $46,070, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wisconsin address, on work sitting at 377 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,600 at the tenth percentile, $59,420 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $40,581.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Wisconsin then takes its own share, leaving $37,780.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,600 to $59,420) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wisconsin rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Wisconsin's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $40,581 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $37,780 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Wisconsin income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.